Key: G major
Verse 1
G
Em
C
G
Vs 1
Em
G
I woke up crying late at night
C
G
C
- When I was very young.
G
Am
I had dreamed my father - Had
G
Em
D
My world revolved around him - I
C
G
couldn't lay there anymore.
C
G
So I made my way down the mirrored hall
Am
D
G
- And tapped upon his door.
Baug
C
And I said "Daddy,
G
Am
D
G
I'm so afraid - How will I go on with you gone that
way?
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Am
D
may I stay with you?"
Cho
C
D
G
And he said "That's my job,
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D
G
- That's what I do.
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D
G
Em
Everything I do is because of you,
C
D
Em
- To keep you safe with me.
C
D
G
C
D
That's my job you see."
C
Gm
- This teenage boy and he.
G
C
Most of the fights it seems - Were
G
Am
over different dreams, - We each
C
D
held for me.
G
Em
He wanted knowledge and learning.
D
C
G
- I wanted to fly out west.
Am
D
G
I got half, will you loan me the rest?"
Baug
C
G
And I said "Daddy, I'm so afraid,
Am
C
G
- There's no guarantee in the plans
G
Em
Am
D
C
D
G
C
D
G
- Who will pay my way back home?"
C
D
G
Em
C
D
Em
Chorus Repeat
C
D
G
Bridge
Em
Bm
Every person carves his spot - And
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D
G
fills the hole with light.
E
Am
D
- Light as bright as he.
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G
- To spread the tragic news.
G
Am
D
I settled down - Within a mile or two.
G
Em
I make my living with words and rhyme
D
C
G
- And all this tragedy
C
G
Should go into my head and out
Am
D
instead - As bits of poetry.
G
C
Bm
G
But I say "Daddy, I'm so afraid,
Am
D
C
G
- How will I go on with you gone this
way?
C
G
Am
How can I come up with a song to say - I
D
C
D
G
C
D
G
love you?"
C
D
G
Em
Chorus
Outro 1
C
D
Em
C
D
G
C
D
G
D
C
D
Em
C
D
G
Em
C
G
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